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    Courtney Dumas
    Courtney Dumas

    Class:
    Sophomore

    Hometown:
    Cleveland, Ohio

    High School:
    Hathaway Brown

    Weapon:
    Epée



    05/29/2013

    Spring Academic All-Big Ten Honorees Announced

    Wildcats total over 200 Academic All-B1G awards for the third straight academic year

    03/24/2013

    Three Wildcats Earn All-America Honors; NU Finishes Ninth at NCAA Championship

    Sarkisova, Dumas and Bazarbayeva all finish in top 12

    03/23/2013

    Wildcats Make Charge at NCAA Fencing Championship

    Three NU fencers rank in top 10 after rounds 1-4

    03/19/2013

    Northwestern Seeks 14th Consecutive Top-10 Finish at NCAA Championship

    Four Wildcats venture to San Antonio seeking team and individual success

    03/12/2013

    Four Wildcats Selected to Represent Northwestern at NCAA Fencing Championship

    Bazarbayeva, Dumas, Grainger and Sarkisova get call to head for San Antonio

    2012-13: Collected 10 wins and finished 6th at the NCAA Midwest Regional ... Earned a bronze medal in epée at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships (3/2) ... Went 9-1 overall at the event ... Won four times at the Notre Dame Duals (2/23) ... Collected three wins at the Duke Duals (2/10) ... Won 11 of 15 bouts at the NU Duals (2/2-3) where she defeated another US Olympian Susannah Scanlan 5-4 ... Picked Up 11 wins at the NYU Invitational (1/27) where she defeated US Olympian Courtney Hurley of Notre Dame ... Finished 14-2 at the Philadelphia Invitational (1/26 )... Placed 14th in junior women's epée at the January North American Cup (1/19) ... Led epée squad with nine wins at the Western Invitational (1/12) ... Posted 12 wins and was never defeated during the NU Duals (11/16-17) ... Earned a bronze medal in the Junior Women's Epée at the November North American Cup (11/9-12) ... Took 10th in the Division I women's epée at the November North American Cup ... Claimed third place at the USFA Remenyik Open (11/3-4) ... Placed eighth at the October North American Cup (10/13-14) ... Captured a gold medal at the season-opening USFA Burton Open (10/6).

    2011-12: Started her career in style by winning the Burton Open...Followed that up with a strong fifth place showing at the Remenyik Open ... Qualified for the Junior Olympic Fencing Championships...Placed third out of 165 at the USFA Junior North American Cup...Finished in 11th place at the Garret Open...Went a remarkable 14-0 at her first Western Invitational...Continued her streak of good fortune, posting a mark of 14-3 at the Philadelphia Invitational...A strong showing at the NYU Invitational gave her an 11-6 record...Dumas posted her 2nd best record of the young season, going 14-2 and collecting her 50th career victory at the Notre Dame Duals...added 8 more wins to her young career at the season's second Northwestern Duals...strong showing at the U.S. National Junior Olympics, finishing in 8th place... Finished third at the Midwest Conference Championships with an 8-1 record ... Captured the top placement at the NCAA Regionals ... Placed 15th in her inaugural NCAA Championships.

    High School: Attended Hathaway Brown High School ... Member of the Hooked on Fencing Club Team ... Placed fourth at the 2011 Junior Olympics team competition ... Finished 12th on the Junior Points List in 2011 and 32nd on the Senior Points List ... Earned 2010 US Fencing All-Academic Second Team ... Member of her high school's Athletic Association Club ... National Merit Scholar.

    Personal: Born Courtney Anne Dumas ... Daughter of Dr. Susan Dumas and Mr. David Dumas ... father played varsity baseball at Dartmouth College ... Chose Northwestern over Cornell, Duke, John's Hopkins, Ohio State, and Notre Dame ... Grew up in the same area as fellow Wildcat freshman Tina Umanskiy ... Majoring in history.

    Dumas Career Statistics

    Season Result Pct. Midwest Conference NCAA Regionals NCAA Championships
    2011-12 110-36 .731 8-1 (3rd) 11-2 10-13 (15th)
    2012-13 83-25 .785 9-1 (3rd) 10-5 ---
    Career 193-61 .760 --- --- ---